This village, traversed by the River Guadalmedina, stands behind the city of Malaga in the passage between the Sierra del Torcal and the Malaga Mountains.
The village was founded by the Catholic Monarchs, although evidence of human settlements here since prehistoric times includes the cave paintings at Piedras de Cabrera. Casabermeja is located on the side of a hill next to the motorway which links Malaga with the north of Spain. It still retains its narrow streets of two-storey whitewashed houses.